Heavy Trash duo returns
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 – Retro rockabilly group Heavy Trash - the duo of Jonathan Spencer and Tom Verta-Ray - are returning to action with a new CD and tour. The New York City duo will be out with their third album, "Midnight Soul Serenade" on Oct. 27 on Fat Possum.
Spencer first was with Pussy Galore, then with Blues Explosion and Boss Hogg. Guitarist Verta-Ray, a co-founder of ockabilly/punk group Speedball Baby, owns NY HED studio.
On this record, Spencer and Verta-Ray are joined by New York Simon Chardiet (double bass), Lambchop's Sam Baker (drums) and guests, including Danish rockers PowerSolo, Mickey Finn (honkytonk piano) and Tenneesseee trio Those Darlins.
A tour is slated for November.
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After his previous efforts with Heavy Trash, singer/guitarist Jon Spencer has tossed aside the spontaneous blues-meets-garage rock experiments and explosions for a tighter but at times unfocused slab of quirky tunes. Sure, there's the blasts of earlier albums sprinkled in between, but Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray are like a '60s one-hit wonder on the warm, island-tinged Gee, I Really Love You and the odd, quasi-spooky blues-cum-rockabilly of Good Man that resembles something Elvis might ...
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